--- description: "Prediction is very difficult," physicist Niels Bohr wrote, "especially when it's about the future." Will this be the year we find a second Earth? Approve... title: 2014: User’s Guide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 2014: User's Guide by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 3, 2014 12:13 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 3, 2014 12:13 AM CUT “Prediction is very difficult,” physicist Niels Bohr wrote, “especially when it’s about the future.” Will this be the year we find a second Earth? Approve a malaria vaccine? See U.S. unemployment drop to 6%? Making accurate predictions–whether they’re about the markets, the climate or the World Cup–helps us thrive. TIME predicts the pages that follow will prepare you well for the year ahead. [New ways to pay](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161648,00.html "undefined") [What to fear now](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161656,00.html "undefined") [The raging pot wars](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161661,00.html "undefined") [Major league star search](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161671,00.html "undefined") [Where to travel this year](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161679,00.html "undefined") [Women’s ski jumping](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161651,00.html "undefined") [Hunting Earth 2.0](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161680,00.html "undefined") [Every TV show, movie and album you’ll want](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161669,00.html "undefined") [Tech’s biggest promises](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161683,00.html "undefined") [Yellen takes on jobs](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161681,00.html "undefined") [Rebooting late-night TV](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161665,00.html "undefined") [Global hot spots](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161684,00.html "undefined") [New drugs, old foes](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161660,00.html "undefined") [A wageless recovery](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161670,00.html "undefined") [Leaving Afghanistan](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161649,00.html "undefined") [The return of El Niño](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161658,00.html "undefined") [Kale’s rival](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161672,00.html "undefined") [Center stage for the world cup](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161662,00.html "undefined") [Newborns of 2014](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161647,00.html "undefined") [New Olympic sports](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161676,00.html "undefined") [Private rockets rising](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161654,00.html "undefined") [Ballot battles](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161646,00.html "undefined") [100% accurate predictions by Joel Stein](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2161678,00.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/66/2014-users-guide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/66/2014-users-guide/"},"headline":"2014: User's Guide","datePublished":"2014-01-03T00:13:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:11:59.552Z","description":"\"Prediction is very difficult,\" physicist Niels Bohr wrote, \"especially when it's about the future.\" Will this be the year we find a second Earth? Approve...","url":"https://time.com/66/2014-users-guide/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/66/2014-users-guide/","name":"2014: User's Guide"}}]}] ```